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Keep Your Heart Safe, Healthy and Strong

Your Sanford Heart team is made up of nationally recognized, experienced cardiologists, surgeons, electrophysiologists, geneticists and researchers. At Sanford Health, you benefit from the most advanced technologies and treatments to keep your heart strong.

Your team is trained to treat many different heart issues, including:

Atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat)

Coronary artery disease

Heart attack

Heart disease

Heart failure

High blood pressure

Vascular disease

See us for prevention and diagnosis, treatment and cardiac rehab, device and medication support. You also can get customized care based on your genetic makeup. We’ll prescribe the right medications based on your DNA.

For your convenience, Sanford Heart providers travel to locations near you to provide expert heart care close to home.

Patient Stories

Not all patients are good candidates for the stresses of open-heart surgery. Darleen Hoover, 86, underwent a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as an alternative.

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Heart Walks Promote Community Awareness

Each year, Sanford Health takes part in the American Heart Association Heart Walks. The goal of these heart walks is to support the AHA's mission of defeating heart disease in America, while also creating awareness of heart attacks and strokes throughout the community.

Learn Signs of Heart Disease

Each day, nearly 2,300 Americans die of cardiovascular disease. Orvar Jonsson, M.D., with Sanford Cardiovascular Institute, discusses signs and symptoms of heart disease and heart failure. Dr. Jonsson is the Sioux Falls region's only board-certified heart failure cardiologist. You can learn more about the heart screenings and care at Sanford Health in this podcast edition of "A Better You," which aired on KSOO-AM.

Know Your Heart History

You can eat healthy foods, exercise and not smoke - but even young, seemingly healthy people can have a stroke or heart disease. Why? Because many cardiac disorders are inherited. This means that if people in your family have a history of heart problems, there's a chance you could, too. We talked to four Sanford Health professionals about inherited cardiac disease, and what they want everyone to know about genetic heart risks.

Learn Four Surprising Stroke Facts

Even children, like 5-year-old Cruz Krause, can have strokes. While stroke risk increases with age, it can occur at any age. According to the American Stroke Association, stroke in U.S. children aged 0 to 15 happens in 6.4 per 100,000 children. For each decade of life after age 55, your chance of having it more than doubles. Learn more stroke secrets from our experts.